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David Russell
David Russell in April 2017
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 (age 42) Casino, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number	31
Current team	PremiAir Racing (Endurance race co-driver)
Championships	0
Races	29
Wins	0
Podiums	4
Pole positions	1
2018 position	41st (294 pts)

David Russell (born 4 January 1982) is an Australian racing driver. Russell has competed in the Supercars Championship intermittently since 2003. As of 2024, he signed with PremiAir Nulon Racing to co-drive with Jimmy Golding, after a successful stint with Erebus Motorsport.

Racing career

Russell started his circuit racing career in Production Car racing, driving a Suzuki Swift in the 2000 Australian GT Production Car Championship. In 2001 he transitioned to a Proton Satria in the same entry level class of the same series. He finished runner-up in class behind the Holden Astra of Luke Youlden. Russell stayed racing Protons through to the 2004 season when he finished third in the 2004 Australian Production Car Championship. Russell then spent three years in Carrera Cup with Sherrin Motor Sport, culminating with third place in the 2008 series behind Craig Baird and Dean Fiore, which also then led to various endurance race drives in Europe and Asia with Juniper Racing and Lago Racing.

Supercars Championship

Russell raced the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series racing a Ford Falcon (AU) with the Chance of a Lifetime team and made a single appearance at the Bathurst 1000 with Fernandez Motorsport. Russell returned to V8 Supercar racing after winning the 2008 Queensland 500 in a Sheerin Motorsport entered Ford Falcon (AU). Russell then moved into V8 Supercar full-time in 2009 with Howard Racing and finished third behind Jonathon Webb and James Moffat. 2010 was a disappointment, after moving to the team Webb won the championship with, Russell finished fifth. Staying with MW Motorsport in 2011, Russell again finished third, this time behind Andrew Thompson and Jack Perkins. Endurance drives with major teams also took place, Dick Johnson Racing in 2010 and Kelly Racing in 2011 which led to a Russell taking leadership role in Kelly Racing's 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series team, Dreamtime Racing.

Career results

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2003	Fernández Racing	Ford Falcon AU	José Fernández	DNF	113
2010	Tekno Autosports	Ford Falcon FG	Jonathon Webb	19th	161
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Todd Kelly	24th	154
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Rick Kelly	15th	161
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Todd Kelly	DNF	20
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	8th	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	16th	161
2016	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Dale Wood	9th	161
2017	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Simona de Silvestro	DNF	152
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Cameron Waters	23rd	148
2020	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Garry Jacobson	DNF	62
2021	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Brodie Kostecki	3rd	161
2022	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Brodie Kostecki	4th	161
2023	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Brodie Kostecki	2nd	161
2024	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	James Golding	6th	161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2007	Australian Motor Finance	Shaun Juniper Andrew Moffat	BMW 130i	C	247	6th	1st
2011	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Wayne Park	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	B	282	5th	1st
2012	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Wayne Park	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	A	103	DNF
2013	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Peter Kox	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	A	11	DNF
2014	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Peter Kox	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	A	5	DNF
2015	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Steve Owen	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	AP	268	7th	5th
2016	Bentley Team M-Sport	Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	AP	293	7th	6th
2017	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Steve Owen	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	AAM	288	6th	2nd
2018	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Steve Owen	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	APA	267	13th	6th
2019	Matt Stone Racing	Roger Lago Todd Hazelwood	Audi R8 LMS	APA	308	10th	2nd
2022	Supabarn Racing	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Paul Stokell	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	S	283	9th	1st
2023	Melbourne Performance Centre	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Jonathon Webb	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	S	308	16th	4th
2024	Tigani Motorsport	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Jonathon Webb	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	268	15th	3rd

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2019	Aussie Wide Builders	Geoffrey Russell	BMW 135i E82	B	128	4th	1st
2021	Sherrin Rentals	Grant Sherrin	BMW M4	X	120	3rd	3rd
2022	Begg Motorsport	K.Begg Nash Morris	BMW M4	X	52	DNF
2023	Begg Motorsport	K.Begg R.Gooley	BMW M4	X	52	DNF
2024	McLennan Motorsport	T.McLennan S.Smollen	BMW M4	X	120	9th	5th

References

1. "Russell eyes major races after signing new deal with PremiAir Nulon Racing". Lismore City News. Canberra. ProQuest 3050977702. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via ProQuest.

External links

• David Russell V8 Supercars Official Profile
• David Russell career summary at DriverDB.com
• David Russell driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1982 births
• Living people
• People from Casino, New South Wales
• Racing drivers from New South Wales
• Supercars Championship drivers
• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• ADAC GT Masters drivers
• Australian Endurance Championship drivers
• Kelly Racing drivers
• Nismo drivers
• Dick Johnson Racing drivers
• Matt Stone Racing drivers
• M-Sport drivers
• Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers
• Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers